Check out these stunning pictures of Pakistani actress Mahira Khan from Raees

The release of SRK's much awaited film Raees is just around the corner. While Raees' trailer, songs and rushes have got everybody excited for various reasons one thing that has got everybody excited is the electrifying chemistry that Pakistani actress Mahira Khan seems to share with SRK in the movie.

First the duo of SRK and Mahira filled everybody's hearts with love through their passionate romance in the son "Zaalima" song and then they made everyone dance to their tunes with "Udi Udi Jaye". While the former is filmed in the sweeping desert landscapes, the latter is all about celebrating the spirit of Uttarayan.

Raees, set in the 1980s Gujarat, stars SRK in the role of a bootler with Mahira playing his beloved. Directed by Rahul Dholakia, Raees co-stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Atul Kulkarni. The movie features a much talked about item number titled "Laila Main Laila" which pairs Sunny Leone for the first time with Shah Rukh Khan.

SRK starrer Raees will be locking horns with the Kaabil, starring Hrithik Roshan, come the 25th of January. Such high stake clashes seldom augur well for Bollywood. IT is certain that the businesses of both the films would be severely hit but without doubt we will have a winner in the end. It remains to be since which of the two titans would reign supreme at the box-office this time around. It is worth mentioning that both SRK and Hrithik Roshan haven't enjoyed a great time at the box-office of late and both dearly a blockbuster to break the jinx.

For now, Raees seems to have the upper end over Kaabil but one can never be two sure. Can Mahira be the lucky charm for SRK or would Yami turn the tide for Roshan? Well, we would have to wait for a few more days.

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Murtaza Ali Khan is an independent film critic / journalist based out of New Delhi, India. He has been writing on cinema for over seven years. He runs the award-winning entertainment blog A Potpourri of Vestiges. He is also the Films Editor at the New York City-based publication Cafe Dissensus and regularly contributes to The Hindu and The Sunday Guardian. He was previously a columnist at Huff Post. He has also contributed to publications like DailyO, Newslaundry, The Quint, Dear Cinema, Desimartini and Jamuura Blog. He regularly appears as a guest panelist on the various television channels and is also associated with radio.